Address 7 Juniper Ln

Johnston, RI 02919

Education: Postdoctoral Fellowship: June 1981 – August 1984

Laboratory of Dr. Richard E. Pagano

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Md.

PhD: Sept. 1975   May 1981

Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

B.A.: Sept. 1971   May 1975

Biology

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Research Experience:

1985 – 1987 Instructor, Laboratory of Dr. Daniel B. Drachman

Dept. of Neurology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

1984 – 1985 Research Fellow

Laboratory of Dr. Gary A. Schwarting

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, Ma.

Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Ma.

1981 – 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow

Laboratory of Dr. Richard E. Pagano

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Md.

1976 – 1981 Predoctoral Fellow

Laboratory of Dr. Peter L. Pedersen

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Teaching Experience:

1977 – 1981 Conference Assistant, Medical Student Biochemistry

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Awards:

1982 – 1984 NIH Individual Research Fellowship

1975 – 1981 NIH Predoctoral Training Grant

Societies

(to 1987) New York Academy of Sciences

A.A.A.S.

Research Publications:

1. Lipsky NG and Pedersen PL (1981) Mitochondrial Turnover in Animal Cells   Half lives of Mitochondria Based on14C Bicarbonate Incorporation, J. Biol. Chem. 256:8652 8657.

2. Lipsky NG and Pedersen PL (1982) Perturbation by Clofibrate of Mitochondrial Levels in Animal Cells   Implications for a Model of Mitochondrial Genesis, J. Biol. Chem. 257:1473 1481.

3. Lipsky NG and Pagano RE (1982) Metabolism and Intracellular Distribution of Fluorescently Labeled Ceramide in Cultured Fibroblasts, J. Cell Biol. 95:269a

4. Lipsky NG and Pagano RE (1983) Sphingolipid Metabolism in Cultured Fibroblasts   Microscopic and Biochemical Studies Employing a Fluorescent Analog of Ceramide, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 80:2608 2612.

5. Lipsky NG and Pagano RE (1984) Fluorescent Sphingomyelin Labels the Plasma Membrane of Cultured Fibroblasts, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 435:306 308.

6. Lipsky NG and Pagano RE (1985) Intracellular Translocation of Fluorescent Sphingolipids in Cultured Fibroblasts: Endogenously Synthesized Sphingomyelin and Glucocerebroside Analogs Pass Through the Golgi Apparatus enroute to the Plasma Membrane, J. Cell Biol. 100:27 34.

7. Lipsky NG and Pagano RE (1985) A Vital Stain for the Golgi Apparatus, Science 228:745 747.

8. Lipsky NG, Drachman DB, Pestronk A, and Shih P-H (1989) Neural Regulation of mRNA for the alpha-Subunit of Acetylcholine Receptors: Role of Neuromuscular Transmission, Exp. Neurology 105:171-176.

Additional Publications:

1. Lipsky, NG, trans (1989) On the Structure of Nerve Cells by C. Golgi, J. of Microscopy 155:3-7.

2. Lipsky, NG, trans (1989) On the Structure of the Nerve Cells of the Spinal Ganglia, by C. Golgi, J. of Microscopy 155:9-14.

3. Lipsky NG (1983   1990) Lipsky Acrostic, Trends in Biochemical Sciences 14:353, etc.

1979-present: Naomi Geller Lipsky Decorative Arts

Contractual Employment:

2012-present: Free-lance writer, Rhode Island Jewish Voice and Herald

2009-present: Puzzle maker, Publications International Ltd, Chicago IL

2010-2011: home décor sewing instructor, Joanne’s fabrics, Warwick, RI

2010: U.S. Census Bureau, Enumerator

Volunteer Positions:

2003-present – Board member (8 years as Treasurer) Society of Gilders

1996-2004 – Board member, Rochester Public Library, MN

1992-1995 – Co-founder and Director, SEMVA Art Gallery, Rochester, MN

Education (non-scientific):

2009-2010: Master Seamstress Certificate Program, University of RI

1982-1990: Graduate Level Classes, Maryland Institute College of Art

Museum and Gallery Exhibits (selected):

2010: “Air”, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

2009: Invitational, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI

2004: Solo Exhibition – First Baptist Church, Rochester, MN

2002: “A Different Purim Sound”, Sussman Gallery at the JCC, NY, NY

2000: “Masterworks in the Low Country”, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC

1998: Solo Exhibition Jewish Community Center of St. Paul, MN

1997:”Realm Between Realms”-B’Nai B’Rith Klutznick Museum, Wash. D.C.

1997: “Creating and Connecting”, Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN

1991: “The Regilded Age”, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

Awards:

2012: “Get Crafty with Dover”, Second Place,  http://www.facebook.com/dovercrafts#!/dovercrafts

2010: People’s Choice Award, ”Air” show, Bristol Art Museum, RI

2002: Accreditation, International Quilling Guild

1993: (and 1991) First prize, paper sculpture, Minnesota State Fair

1991: Accepted to “Leadership 2000” program, Rochester, MN

1988: Best of Show, crafts, and First Prize, quilling, Maryland State Fair

1987: First prize, quilling, Maryland State Fair

Published Artwork:

2010: 500 Judaica, Sterling Pub. Co, NY, 2010, p. 339

2007:Lilly Oncology on Canvas, p138

2006: “Crafty Framers”, Picture Framing Magazine, October, p. 68

2002: Judaic Artisans Today, Kathryn Morton, Flower Valley Press; MD

2001 & 2002: United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism, calendar

2000: “American Artist”, September, p 68

1999: (& 1996 & 1995) Cover, American Jewish World, Minnetonka, MN

1998: Mayo Clinic Photographic Calendar

1998: Paper Quilling…; Malinda Johnston; Lark Press; NY.

1997: (& 1989):”The Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Calendar”

1995: Upon Thy Doorposts by Belle Rosenbaum, NY

1994: The Book of Paper Quilling, Malinda Johnston; Sterling Pub. Co., NY

Published Original Articles (selected):

2012: RI Jewish Voice and Herald, article or interview, April 13, p.1,  May 25, p.29,  August 3, p.27

2000: “My First Limited Edition Print”, Spirit of the Arts, Fall

1999: “Gilding as a Decorative Art – Quilling a Bessamin Box“, The Gilder’s Tip, #3, p.4

1998: “Freddy Says ‘Cheese'”; Picture Framing Magazine, October. p.94

1995: “Scientific Nomenclature”; The N.Y. Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle; July 16, p54

1993: “Any Way You Slice It”; American Jewish World, Sept. 10

1983-1990 “Lipsky Acrostic”, Trends in Biochemical Sciences

A list of scientific publications is available upon request.

Societies:

Pomegranate Guild for Judaic Needlework

The Quilling Guild

Society of Gilders

American Guild of Judaic Art

North American Quilling Guild

Updated: July, 2012